Cross winding frame with continuous yarn feeding



Dec. 29, 1942. w. ESSER' ET AL CROSS WINDING FRAME W ITH CONTINUOUS YARN FEEDING Filed March 29, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet l IN VENTORS ATTORNEYS.

Dec. 29, 1942. W. ESSER ET AL 2,306,871

CROSS WINDING FRAME WITH CONTINUOUS YARN FEEDING Filed March 29, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. h t I t UNITE-D STATE'S, PATlE NT OFFICE 2355,8111, a j CROSFS'TWINDINGFRAME wire ooN'rINU w its; E I G i Wilhelm Essex-f Gustav ,Kahlisch,-and -Walter" Reiners, ,Gladbach-Rheydt, Germany; vested in the Alien Property Custodian V ,t i

Application March 29, 1940, Scrial'No. 326,642

In Germany-May 3, 1933 i -8 Claims. ((1242-3551 In winding twisted or good yarns, whichonlyw for-use, so that the "operationiinthe winding occasionally give rise to yarn breaking, the yarns, 1 2 bobbin head also progresses uhinterruptedly. supplied by' cops accommodated in'a multi-bob- As in an average half shift approximately four bin carrier, are knotted jtogether'in order to at "cross wound bobbinsar'e produced, it is suflicient tain a continuous supply'of the cop threads to- 5 half 3 111011111? 3 P y tubes in a be collected in a cross wound bobbin, Owing I revolving device, which might takeupany furto the limited space existing inthe supply bobther number of emp't'yitubes without departing bin magazine, the position of both yarn ends of fromthe usual construction of' the cross wind- -continuously its speed must be such that the the cops at the lower end of the tube, and the ins frame, if it is notfed' from, a -magazine, as necessity of particularly clean knots in considis also prov ai fl to t flxjln t o eration of the jumpingover of the continually An embodiment of theinventionjis" illustrated unwinding thread from cop to cop, it has up to, by way of example in; the accompanying drawthe present not been considered advisable to apn in i h! Y v ply automatic knotting devices in cross winding 5 Fig, 1 shows in Side ev ti par ly ns-se n frames of this type. Although in cross winding two opposite winding unitsj-oif the samewinding frames with circulating winding units the start f ame,

ing ends of the yarns from several supply boh- Fig 2 i top P aitview to! bobbin bins have been laid ready for facilitating the, head,

automatic knotting of the starting end to the Fig-- al nviewof two'windingunits so I end of the yarn'wound on the cross wound bob- 20 cording to Fig..-1 as seeniromi the front, bin, it has never been proposed to automatically The winding frame is composed; in; known produce a single yarn which consequently can manner'of transverse framesfotaccomrnodating be fed continuously; v the winding heads and thejs'upportsyand shafts According to 'the invention an automatic knot- Common o all h q -Y n ll fekampl ting device is coordinated to each supply bobbin i at yapomnion -dr 'l "0Yi 8 f g h magazine so that the trailing ends and the start- 2, 3, 4; 51 they-shafts I: arid-{i201 helm; ing ends of the yarns ofconsecutive supply bobgrevolved' continually. here, are further pro-,

bins placed ready for; knotting are automatically vided conveying'bands l'l and';l2,with collecting knotted together when passing through the gutters i3 and I, whichfinove through al Wind-' range of their knottin'g device, the knotting de- P vice being preferably controllable from the eir- There is a S pp y obmg' vg e zme "I9 culating magazine, in cross winding frames havg point, each magazine i om t s revoluble plate Zl-havinginclihed pins .22 (four in this'case')'. t rece1 ve-: the' tubes-H of supply distance through which a reserve bobbin has-t0; k m TF plate m p travel upto the feeding position corresponds 25 u ls h ar 5 5 the e z to the yarn lengthofacop, this ensuring a congear 1 box n e c v tinual feeding, with preliminarily sorted cops; The invention further provides means which f' i plate x d to the i shaft 1i thebobbins are to be ed with the the yam Jump mm w always 1 t the machine As seen iiii zine bobat the moment, at which the bobbin'in the r'unp a e i ing a plate magazine. If the magazine circulates ning position is exhausted, in that to this bobbin, mrserve position; bobbins and K feeler is co'brdmated which whenthe bobbin are'in loading position. direction ofrotais exhausted engageime drive o e 45. ,t ion'of the platetis indicatedjby the arrow A. ment of the 'magazinefilt is hereby attained The,p1a*2| mi and a clamp 2 for that a predetermined'number' of. cops can be .eaqh adjacent of pins n c 510'; and

cured. to the shaft, if the bobbinsare to be bin Ki is in running position. thebobbin K2 is wOund On every bobbm- In def, its appurtenant clamp constitute a yarn end that nevertheless winding bobbins, or cross wound holder, m which the aging end o e yarn on bobbins of pr d t n d a mum diameter one bobbin can be laid side by side with the are obtained also inthis instance, an arrangeleading end of'the of the t following ment is provided which, when the maximum bb Between theslot and the cla is thus diameter of the bobbin is attained, 'automatistretcngd a fmexspgp ,tpiflya eady b0 call y exchanges this bobbin for an-empty tuber v otter; be de- Osman-lead), I

bobbin K1 is a stripper for empty tubes, from which stripper the tubes H drop into the receiver formed by the conveyor band II and gutter I3. The shaft 26 is intermittently driven from shaft 3 by worm-wheels 21, 28, each @1 63 .r I ei'igagementgbyias relay trolled a bearing against the last yarn' 'Winding's of therunnin'grcop K1. The armature 30 of the relay is urged against thefinfluence of the .,ele'ctro-. spring ,Slla; consequently the magnet 3| by a clutch-20,;shown'in Fig. 2,- is released for 30, 3J.;{The relaylis co'nswitch 320,, operated by a rfjeeler 32- a arrival of the reserve bobbinK: inthe running positi n causes thei 'di sengagementfofi clutch 20, by opening switch 32a; yThej-knottingf'device 45 may be of any suitable ported upon a post hept when the lug II, during the rotary move ment'of the revolving cage, runs up on a curved bar I3 adjustably fixed on frame 62, and is swung into the open position.

The revolvingcage 66, 61, 68 is intermittently fed, according to its subdivision (for four tubes in thls caseLgbjy a sprocket wheel I4 and a 'chaindit as soon as 'the hedge of a bush I1 carryii'ig' a sprocket wheel 16, which is mounted to revolve freely upon shaft 64, is coupled with a toothed' wheel 84 driven from shaft 6 by means for atopthed wheel 66. This coupling is effected ,by a sliding j bolt/11a on bush 11 urged by a ,spring 11b toward a socket 64a of gear 64. The

con structioir f and will. Y therefore not be described in detail; "Iti's sup-- shaft I. The post 44 has a lateralarm 43 'carrying a roller'42, which bearsia'gainst a cam disk Hinder the pull of aspring" 4411;: 'The cam disk ed tosmtrt- I Iii-arid the next following. bobbin, 4 v v -ione' or the leading ositions. ,-=.L'rhe. knotti'ng deviceflisyof the. type which is l oper'atedby rot fo'h bf a,bus'h ,46,f'reely mounted on a shaftJfia-z K The bush &6 .has a slidingpolt ge d y' I o aispjrocket I I snaing'bo t' lfililijs nOrmally-restraind by a dog I fill piypt'ed a't- Sliizbnthe' casing of the. .knot'tin but ib pi yoted at 52g, on the frame 'of-the machmeand thy fll b "sprocketfwheel 48 is con: hain j49 to a. sprocket; wheel 41 a eve art; otation of plate 121'; and cam 4 lt f' thetknotting jldevice 45- is i temporarily .ro iked inbutward directionjwhile the yam ends "'whichthenrocks 'inwardsqand'm akes' a knot. Thus the trailing. yarn enrl' of thezrserve cop is connectedfwith the 2. 6i and spTrotates yvith the i (i 1 I 25 clamp 24 located between. the j b'by the engagement of its tail 5! with a' held against rocking in onejdirection and "is thus continuously ro-' re'ady'firilclanipj-fl tconie into the; range or the "knottingfielem' tnts ofgthe knottirigdevice 45.

" The contro1-arm,'6I-' is' further linked by a 'ro d sliding bolt is normally restrained by an arm 63 The arm 6| is rocked by the full diameter of ,ebobbin vS has been attained.

,- gal with a doublelever02 ,[96fthefree*ndfof said doubleplever being influenced by, an "ecaspring 460 to engagein socket I wheel 48;fi xedto.'shaf t 46a. The n I Besides the sprocket wheel 16 a control disc device. The doa S, moved to release'the sliding j j centric 94fiadjiistably"fixed on a"worm '96 and loosely rotating with this warm on the/shaft 2, ,as soon as aworm wheel 86 key'ed on shaft 26 rotates.

[of such shape that, after a predetermined number of part rotations or plate 2I and shaft 26, '30

Theeccentric 04 is exchangeable and the rod BI is lifted tar enough to release the :locking lever 83 from the coupling'bolt 'IIa, which clutches the'bush ll to the toothed wheel 061s mountedon bush 1!, as shown in Fig. 3, and acts upon a control bolt 99 of a rod I00,

one end of said rod being curved to form a hairpin guide'sliding on the bush Il andthe other end--acting upon a bell-cranklever IOI, I02.

This bell-crank lever IOI, I02 carries a cutting -.element f, shown by way of example as a serrated knife I03 or as astraight cutting edge I04. Also a guide plate I06 is fixed on the arm I02 of the bellcrank lever.

To each'revolving cage a magazine I06 for empty tubes, open at both ends, is coordinated,

'thetubes L being'prevented from slipping out starting yarnend of the cop I which will-move into the reserve position after it. i

t e tub L of f'pr vided, in the teiiample illustrated adapted t manum t of empty tubes, -Each1-cagecom gprises aghub166 fixed upon able yoke 62, the j I radial arms; 6'l and 66 forming ,cro sses to support the tubesQ ,Thejarms' 61 of one of, the

crosses carry stationary gripperelernentsqof the Y holders for the empty 66' of, the other cross Y v 0- which are adapted to swing outward The latter are equipped with a; control "lug; r1

6| acting cylin- ,i 70 b s: L} ile the ms 1 carry gripper, elements 'I'h' head fontthe wlnding bobbins'gina'y be of" l by a hinged bottom platmglllggk/perving. as an escapement. The curvedbar li' may be adjusted on the yoke 62 and the magazine I06 on its carrier I06 so that the uppermost tube holders ofthe ,revolving'c'age, when the desired bobbin diameter has been attained, are at the ends 0! the lowermost tube-L in the magazine I06, when ",the revolving cage begins to turn. Then, when 1 the revolving continues, the tube holder closes and-clampsthe tube, as the projection II slips off the curved bar 13. The tube'is thus carried ding bobbins S'are mounted'on the free 62, which swing about;

For-simplifying t j m ing of the-tubes reyolving pages are as the tube leaves the magazine. The cross winding fr'ame as erates in the following :nianner': It is assumed along, the bottom plate IIl'l yielding temporarily that four supplybobhihs-K are skewered on the magazine table 2I.fand 'that the yarn has {been-threaded through ,tensioner T. and the slot ..i of' driving drum. 6 I-tof the lower tube L on the winding bobbin holdertgalso, that the shafts I and are ifotatinghand the, tubeLL is therefore being.v driven by the drum 6l and. the yarn andheld lnxclosed position by atspring 12; eta-# -winding .upon it. ,The leading ends 'of'the bobbins Ks and-K2 are knotted respectively, to the @traili-n'g ends of the-bobbins Kz' andfKi. The

. leadingfenid'gof; the fbobbin' 'Kt and the trailing "end offthe b bbin Kaare placed in'th'e correspondi'ngslbt and clamp 24. When the bobbin described op-' K1 is exhausted, the thread jumps across to' the bobbin K2 and the winding'proceeds. vAt the same time the feeler 32 is rocked by. its spring and closes'the switch32a; This excites the electromagnet 3| and-the armature 30 moves in.

the direction of the arrow, engaging the clutch 20. The shaft 26 beginsto rotate, moving the peg of bobbin K1 through the stripper 25 and stripping off the tube H of this bobbin, which; falls onto the conveyor I I. The reserve bobbin m, meanwhile, moves toward-the running position and the bobbins K3 and K4 advance accordingly. When the plate -2I has completed a quarter revolution the bobbin K2 has moved against the feeler'32 and opened the switch 32a, disengaging'the clutch 20 and stopping the rotation of shaft 26.

Meanwhile, the cam disk 4I has executed a quarter revolution, during which the, ar m 43 has rocked the post 44 and the knotting device the cam 90 and link I00, moves toward'the position shown in dash linesat the right side of Fig. 1. -Whenthe revolving page has, moved through approximately a'qu arter revolution, the lug 1 Iv of the gripper holdingthe completed bobbin, camm'ed over by cam. I3,, ,ha's opened the gripper to the point where the, bobbin can escape and roll down the guide I "to, the trough l4 and thence to the a conveyor I2, Thetrailing yarn from the wound 'bobbin caught by the knife I03; or I04, and severed, but is-flrstbrought against the new tube L whichihas .beenlmoved into running position by the du'arter irevolution the yarn and 45 mounted on it to the right, until the position- 'shown in dash lines in Fig. 1 is reached. During this movement, the tail of dog rocks the stop 52 to the right and passes under it.

Thereupon the roller 42 drops oil? the high part of the cam 4| and the knotting device rocks toward the left, into engagement with the yarn:

ends of bobbins K1 and K4, which at this moment have arrived in the position occupied by the yarn, ends of bobbins & and K3 in Fig. 2. As the knotter rocks tothe left the tail SI ofdog so strikes the stop :52 and the dog is' lifted out of engagement with the sliding bolt 46b, which is thrust into the socket 48a of sprocket 48' by its spring 400. The bush 46 of the knotter is thereby turned through one revolution, which is suificient "to cause the knotter bills to complete the knot. of the knotter bills the dog 50, which has resumed its original position, cams thesliding bolt 46b out of the socket 46a and stops the knotter. The magazine is now in the same condition as At the. close of the revolution of the revolving cage. I, Iff't'h'ef yarn is stiff o:

"winding bobbins so, initiated.- If the tube holders are not. inv a revolving device, but, as usual, on the front ends of frame 62,- a corresponding locking device and so forth must be provided, which preventsan empty tube from sliding out beforetheholder 'of the completed cross. wound bobbin 11s "liberated, or a feedingdevice which moves 12 8. magazine with its lowermostfitube 'betweenfthe. ,.opened holder at the start, except that the bobbins have moved 0 up one step and one of the pegs 22 .is ready to receive a new bobbin. The mounting of new bobbins on the pegs can be allowed to await the arrival of the first empty peg in the position of the bobbin K3 in Fig. 2. In mounting the bobbin on the peg the operative brings together the trailing end of the precedingbobbin with the leading end of the bobbin just mounted and places them in the intermediate slot 23 and clamp 24.

The bobbin S continues to accumulate yarn until, a predetermined number of cops K having been unwound, the cam 94 has released lever 92, 93 and arm 8| has been raised by the link 9| to withdraw the end of the arm 83 from the coupling bolt 'I'Ia. When this occurs, the coupling bolt engages the socket 840. of gear 84 and the bush I'I begins to rotate. Through the chain and sprock'et connection I4, I5, I6, the bobbin cage begins to revolve. At the first movement of the bobbin cage the lug II of the upwardly directed tube gripper 69, I0 moves oif the cam I3 and the spring 12 throws the gripper against the tube end, the grippers 61 and I0 being at this moment positioned exactly at the ends of the bottom tube in the magazine I06. Upon further movement of the revolving cage the gripped tube is pulled out of the magazine, flap I0'I yielding to permit its escape and then closing to catch the next tube above. The rotation of the revolving cage moves the full bobbin S upward, while the knife I03, or I04, actuated by p and hits it again after the tu holderhas'been I closed What we claim a's our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent or the United States is:

1. In a cross winding frame, winding means, a: cyclically-,movable supply magazine therefor,

comprising supports ,for a plurality" of supply bobbins adapted to travel, as the magazine moves, through a loading position, a reserve position, and a. running position; v meansfon said magazine for holding, side by-sidi'in'a'jreefispan, yarn ends ofbobbins -on neighboring supportsof said magazine; and knotter means located near said magazine in position to engage the free span of yarn ends of two adjacent bobbins.

, 2. In a cross winding frame win'ding means,

a cyclically movable supply magazine therefor, comprising supports for a plurality of supply bobbins adapted to travel, as the magazine moves. through a loading position, a reserve position, and a running position; means on said magazine for holding, side by side in a free span, yarn ends of bobbins on neighboring supports'of said magazine; knotter means located near said magazine in position to engage the free span of yarn ends of two adjacent bobbins; driving means for said knotter means; and startingv means for controlling the operation of said knotter means by said driving means, including an element movable in conjunction with said magazine.

3. In a cross winding frame, winding means, a cyclically movable supply magazine therefor, comprising supports for a. plurality oi supply bobbins. adapted to travel, as the magazine moves, through a loading position, a reserve position, and a running position; means on said magazine for holding, side by side in a free span,

- yarn ends of bobbins on neighboring supports of said magazine; knotter means located near said'magazine in position toengage the free span of yarn ends of two adjacent bobbins; and

said control means including a ie'eler adapted to engage the bobbin in running position to detect the exhaustion of y rn therefrom.

4. In a cross winding frame,- winding means comprising means for supporting a tube for rotation, means for rotating the tube, and means forrreleasing the tube from said support; a cyclically movable supply magazine for said winding means, comprising supports for a plurality of supply bobbins adapted to travel, as the magazine moves, through a loading position, a reserve' position, and a running position; means on said magazine for holding, side by side in a free span, yarn ends of bobbins on neighboring supports of said magazine, knotter means 10 dated near said magazine imposition to engage the tree span of yarn ends of two adjacent bob 'bins; and means movable progressively by said magazine to operate said tube releasing means at the end of a predetermined extent of move ment or said magazine.

5. In -a cross winding frame, winding means comprising means for supporting a tube for rotation, means for rotating the tube, and means the magazine moves, through a loading position, a reserve position, and a running position;- means on said magazine for holding, side by side in a free span, yarn ends of bobbins on neighboring supports of said magazine; and xnotter means located near said magazine in position to engage the i'reev span of yarn ends of two adjacent bobbins.

for releasing the tube from said support, said 4 last means being responsive to an element mov- 'abie progressively as the winding proceeds; a

cyclically movable supply magazine for said winding means, comprising supports'ior a plurality of supply bobbins adapted to travel, as the magazine moves,- through a loading position,

a reserve position, and a running position; means on said magazine for holding, side by side in a free span, yarn ends of bobbins on neighboring supports of said magazine; and knotter means located near said magazine in position to engage the free span of yarn ends of two adjacent bobbins.-

' "'6. In a cross winding frame, winding means comprising means for supporting a tube for rotation, means for rotating the tube, means for releasing the tube from said support, and means for supplying a new. tube to said support; a cyclically movable supply magazine for said winding means, comprising supports for a plurality of supply bobbins adapted to travel, as

I. A cross winding frame as described in claim 6, wherein said means for supporting a tube for rotation comprises a cage having a plurality of tube engaging devices, and a rocking yoke on which said cage is revolubly mounted; said means for supplying a new tube to said support comprisinga tube magazine having escapement means adapted'to release tubes therefrom one at a time, said cage being adapted to move as the winding progresses, to bring a discharged tube engaging device thereof into position to grasp the tube at the escapement of said tube magazine, and means for causing said engaging device to grasp, said tube upon reaching said position.

8. In a cross winding frame, winding means comprising adriving' drum, a rocking yoke, a

cage revolubly mou ted on said rocking yoke, said cagehaving a plurality of tube engaging devices movable by revolution of said cage to bring their respective tubes into engagement with said driving drum to be rotated thereby,

, means for supplying new tubes to said tube engaging devices when they reach a certain position, a supply magazine adapted to bring supply bobbins successively into position for running yarn onto the active tube of said winding means, yarn severing means comprising a cutter mounted to swing between the winding package and said driving drum, and control means whereby a cutting movement of said yarn severing means is coordinated with a movement of said cage to bring a new tube into engagement with said driving drum, said yarn severing means being adapted to move the supply end of the yarn against said new tube.

GUSTAV KArrmscn. WALTER REINERS. 

